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Page ix
... leaft more political wif dom , than all of them , on the following oc- cafion Crœfus [ b ] , after having fhewn thefe fages the magnificence of his court , and the vaftness of his riches , afked them , " Whom they thought the happieft ...
... leaft more political wif dom , than all of them , on the following oc- cafion Crœfus [ b ] , after having fhewn thefe fages the magnificence of his court , and the vaftness of his riches , afked them , " Whom they thought the happieft ...
Page xxxvi
... ; never a point of mere fpecula- tion ; but tending to inform or to remind the reader of the proper means that lead to happiness , or at leaft to the the feveral duties , decorums , and proprieties of con- xxxvi AN ESSAY ON FABLE .
... ; never a point of mere fpecula- tion ; but tending to inform or to remind the reader of the proper means that lead to happiness , or at leaft to the the feveral duties , decorums , and proprieties of con- xxxvi AN ESSAY ON FABLE .
Page xxxvii
... leaft flattered by his humility and addrefs . Befides , inftruction , as conveyed by Fable , does not only lay afide its lofty mien and fupercilious afpect , but appears dreft in all the fmiles and graces which can ftrike the ...
... leaft flattered by his humility and addrefs . Befides , inftruction , as conveyed by Fable , does not only lay afide its lofty mien and fupercilious afpect , but appears dreft in all the fmiles and graces which can ftrike the ...
Page xxxix
... leaft on Probability ; on . popular opinion ; on that relation and analogy which things bear to one another , when we have gratuitoully endowed them with the human faculties of fpeech and reafon . And these conditions are taken from the ...
... leaft on Probability ; on . popular opinion ; on that relation and analogy which things bear to one another , when we have gratuitoully endowed them with the human faculties of fpeech and reafon . And these conditions are taken from the ...
Page xl
... leaft , if meant to fupport the Moral which the author has drawn from it . A Fable is faulty in refpect to unity , when the feve- ral circumftances point different ways , and do not cen- ter , like fo many lines , in one diftin & t and ...
... leaft , if meant to fupport the Moral which the author has drawn from it . A Fable is faulty in refpect to unity , when the feve- ral circumftances point different ways , and do not cen- ter , like fo many lines , in one diftin & t and ...
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